HOUSTON, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station Saturday moved cargo from the shuttle Atlantis after a false alarm delayed a spacewalk, NASA said.
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The world's nations need to work harder to safeguard citizens from disasters caused by climate change, a United Nations official said in New York.
NORWICH, England, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- E-mails stolen by hackers prove some leading British climate change scientists falsified information to prove their case, skeptics of global warming say.
AMES, Iowa, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- R&D magazine has named an Iowa State University professor Inventor of the Year for his innovations in making a purer vodka and a better pig feed.
GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- A proton beam has been sent through the Large Hadron Collider, a key step in restarting the world's largest atom smasher, physicists in Switzerland said.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Asian carp may have passed through an electric barrier intended to keep the invasive species out of Lake Michigan, new findings suggest.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said automakers are reporting an increase in the average fuel economy for new vehicles.
Frog legs spreading pathogen
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A worldwide trade in frog legs may be spreading pathogens deadly to amphibians, scientists in Washington said.
DNA barcodes used to identify species
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A new tool involving DNA barcoding showed endangered bluefin tuna was served in sushi bars sampled in New York and Colorado, scientists said.
False alarms wake orbiting astronauts
HOUSTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- NASA Friday was investigating false fire and depressurization alarms aboard the shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station, officials said.
AVALON, Calif., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- California's Catalina Island has put its famous bison on birth control to produce a healthier and less environmentally damaging herd, officials said.
Scientists complete corn genome
AMES, Iowa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- After three years and $30 million, U.S. scientists have finished mapping the complete genome sequence of corn, the most widely eaten cereal after rice.
Google to aid tropical rainforests
LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A proposed Google program would allow anyone with Internet access to spot illegal logging in tropical rainforests and report it, the company said.
MADISON, Wis., Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A study of mammoth dung from a lake bed in Indiana suggests a crashing comet did not wipe out North America's largest ice age animals, scientists said.
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